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Indeed, if anything this feels more similar to Cameron's Conservatives, than traditional Labour policies.

How many miles have they done, much less than a comparable set of Mk3s from an IC125, certainly.

If anything, they've done the country a service, if protestors can get in with paint, actual hostile actors could get in with much more damaging equipment - hopefully now something can be done to make our bases more secure, without any real damage being caused.

I fully support actions to prevent Iran having nuclear weapons, however that should be done by looking at a deal (like the one signed in 2015 Trump pulled out of), and not by breaching international law by committing acts of war.

If only someone had worked out 50 years ago that unevenness and overburdening lead to waste.

I never said that there would be any assets being seized - that's a fabrication of your own making. If it comes to it, the government could pass primary legislation requiring the transfer of all rolling stock to be approved by the Department for Transport, or use the CCA to forbid the transfer...

Given the drive to nationalise the railway, if I were the Eversholt I would be very nervous about crossing the government. Again, you are working on the assumption that this is breaking the law, a position that is much weaker and more open to interpretation than some posters make it seem -...

I read what you said, but as I said, the majority of contract law issues do not result in criminal proceedings, and I am sure that in this case there are ways to minimise such a risk. I feel that the likelihood of the DfT being prosecuted under the serious crimes act for ensuring that a public...

Yes, however breaches of contract are typically civil matters, that do not often result in criminal proceedings. It's important to remember that we're not just in the realm of companies and contracts, we are also dealing with politics and public opinion. Again, legal damages, vs the economic...

Which law exactly would Eversholt be breaking?

All of which would be available in such a coach. There was a lot of discussion around wheelchair access for bridges over Lincoln high street that would have not been wheelchair accessible, however a case was argued that because the level crossing was open most of the time, the bridge did not...

I agree that is the optimal way to play the game in our tendering system, but given the alarming frequency of issues introducing new classes, we should ask ourselves if we should continue with that process. At the moment, we trade a lower list-price for service disruptions and delays in...

How much has the DOGE department cost so far? Having two sets of Auditors seems like unnecesssary waste. How long will it take right-wing types that acting like a mad axeman cutting budgets doesn't actually result in efficiency, you need to invest either time or money in improving ways of working.

As much as I would like to see a regime change in Iran, the default for violent revolutions is to bring in authoritarian leaders with little interest in democracy.

Unless it's an 810 wiring loom, an 801 bogie, or the propulsion system for the Type 45 Destroyer.

I think that's the wrong way around, why did the 222s have a different TMS to the very similar trains that were already running. I can hardly imagine a 222-HST combo, not a 222-170 or 15X. There is a reason that when the HSTs were introduced, the design was based on proven technologies and a...

I understand that rolling stock is more complicated, but it is disappointing how difficult it is to get things to work together, especially for units made around the same time, by the same manufacturer. It certainly feels like our preference for everything to be a small contract, individually...

It is very relevant, as you were asking in what way the ROSCO setup was responsible for this situation - as they have chosen to pull trains away to get larger profits - and the fundamental issue is that they have zero accountability to the public, only to their bottom lines. This could have been...

Out of curiosity, how similar are the intermediate cars of the 222s and 221s, could you add a 221 carriage to a 222 formation in any way? (For the record, my heritage solutionn of choice would be to get the Pretendolino on the MML, and call it the Mirage-ian)

If the government owned the 222s, I don't think they'd be stitching up a franchised operator to support an open access one. Whereas the private company has no such scruples. Similarly, under BR micro-fleets such as the 180s were much less common, instead of a handful of 180s, and a handful of...